Fishes 207 



The eyes are relatively large, about as long as the width of the 

 interorbital space, and about two and a half in the preoral length. 

 There is a spine in front of, and a group of three spines behind, each 

 eye. On the shoulder region are two spines in the middle line and 

 one on either side. A median row of spines extends from behind the 

 shoulder to the first dorsal fin. The whole of the dorsal surface of 

 disk and tail is set with small asperities. The ventral surface is smooth. 



The dorsal surface is brown, speckled with larger and smaller 

 black spots. On the tail such larger spots form several more or less 

 definite transverse bands. There is a pale spot on each side, just 

 external to the branchial region and opposite to the anterior spine of 

 the shoulder region. 



The teeth are relatively large, few in number, and obtuse. 



The specimen appears from its small size, and from the absence of 

 any trace of the umbilical sac, to belong to a very small species. Its 

 characters, however, are too juvenile to be of much good for specific 

 determination without comparison with a series of older stages. 



NARCOBATIDiE. 



Toiyedo nobiliana, Bonaparte - Station 10. 



CHIMiERID^E. 



Chimcera monstrosa, L. - - - Station 6. 



Stomiatid^e. 

 Chaidiodus Sloani, Bl. and Sch. - • Station 1. 

 An almost perfect specimen, 116 millimetres in length, unfortunately 

 distorted by careless bottling. There is a thin, colourless epidermis, 

 similar to that of Stomias, more or less stripped off as a continuous 

 membrane ; the underlying scales have an opalescent lustre, while the 

 body pigment is dark brown or black. The dorsal filament extends 

 nearly to the adipose fin. 



Anguillim;. 



Conger vulgaris, Cuvier - Station 9. 



This record, 417 fathoms, is the deepest of which we are aware 

 for an adult of this species. 



